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Regent: U. Iowa Professor 'Uninformed' on Ethanol

Posted at: 02/19/2013 10:14 AM

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Regent Bruce Rastetter told University of Iowa President Sally Mason that ethanol lobbyists wanted to educate an "uninformed" professor who warned that water-intensive ethanol production was depleting the water supply.

The Jan. 30 email is another example in which critics say Rastetter, an ethanol backer and top donor to Gov. Terry Branstad, is meddling in research.